Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-29
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Fort Collins, Col.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Dalrymple are camp
ing at Apple-tree
Butter improved some Saturday and so
did the general trade in town.
Mrs. Austin of Brandon is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. F. H. Taylor.
Miss Alice Human of New Haven is
the guest of Mrs. L. p. Wheeler.
New potatoes are sold at 70 cents a
bushel. Old potatoes are 40 cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patten are the guests of
Robert Ross and family, neal Basin Har-
Dor.
DR.. Coe and family are occupying his
cottage at Barn Rock harbor, on the west
shore of the lake.
Shipments Friday by G.. H. Sprigg q
Co.. to Boston market were 10 calves. 35
sheep and four COWS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wood of Provi-
dence, r. l., are the guests of W. W.
Hawkins, Mrs. WIS uncle.
The park festival of the Dorcas society
of young ladies, Saturday evening, was
largely attended; receipts. $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Lewis of Kansas
City, Mo-, are the guests of Judge and
Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. LIS parents.
The Vergennes band discoursed excel
lent music to large audiences from the
stand in the park Saturday evening.
Vergennes has two base ball clubs
the commercials" and the "Sundries.''
Thus far the Sundries carry the belt. but
fortunes change.
The cottages at Mill Point are full of
guests. The new cottage of Postmaster
kimball is well under way. c. LaBoeuf
has the work in hand.
In his discourse last Sunday Prof.
Iager's text was from Luke i, IS and
Il. His sermon was listened to with
deep interest by a full audience.
Mrs. Munroe and Miss Mary Kimball,
who have been absent in Waltham and
Boston, arrived home Sunday morning.
Miss X. was the guest of her brother,
Geo. T. Kimball of Boston.
The season has been favorable to the
making of good hay and the amount
harvested is large. Crops are promising
well. Oats, corn and potatoes will be a
large yield. Grain is in good condition.
The lake shore is well peopled. The
cottages and camps are in full blast and
parties are coming and going and life and
activity prevail all along the eastern
shore from Cedar Beach to Basin Harbor.
y. b. Taber is arranging for improv-
ing the looks of the barns on the c.. J..
kimball farm in Ferrisburgh with a coat
ing of paint. The rain Monday put him
back, but the work will be done this
week.
Masters George and Alexander Leslie of
New York, nephews of Mrs. E. h. Fer
ris, are expected to spend several weeks
of their vacation here. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferris are guests of the American.
Chas. Kinds lost a 500 spa of horses
last week in West Addison from having
encountered a swarm of bees. One of
the horses died at once; the other has
since died. Mr.. Kinds was badly stung,
but has recovered.
Not much has been said of late about
the new granite company, about which
public action was had in town meeting.
Three of the prominent men in the COM
pany were in town this week and were
taken, with others, to the company's
quarry, which they carefully looked over
and examined. They were Messrs.
Clement of Philadelphia, Nichols of New
York and Curly of Rhode Island. Their
mission was to perfect arrangements for
tramways from the quarry to the lake.
locate derricks and put things in order
for active work at an early day. III. II.
Burge thinks that the demand for more
men will be immediate. This is encour-
aging and it is hoped hat the work will
be driven ahead at once. Vergennes is
interested in its success.